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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity.
Location
London, United Kingdom
Founded in
1899

Past events

Yohji Yamamoto
A new extensive retrospective at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Boat Building near Flatford Mill, John Constable, about 1815, England. Museum no. FA.37[O]. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
John Constable
Permanent event
Paimio Armchair, designed by Alvar Aalto, manufactured by Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Oy, 1930, Finland. Museum no. W.41-1987. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Modernism
Permanent event
Outfit made from leather off-cuts and surplus yarn, Katie Jones, 2017. Photograph by Rachel Mann
Fashioned from Nature
21 Apr 2018 — 27 Jan 2019
Radical Love, DNA portrait of Chelsea Manning, by Heather Dewey-Hagborg, 2015. Courtesy of Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Fridman Gallery, New York City
The Future Starts Here
12 May — 4 Nov 2018
Chris Downey reading a braille and printed architectural plan, Don Fogg, 2017. © Don Fogg
Without Walls
10 Feb — 21 Oct 2018
Lustrous Surfaces. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
Lustrous Surfaces
14 Oct 2017 — 16 Sep 2018
Sheet steel for better homes, booklet, issued by the British Steelwork Association, 1930s, England. Museum no. 38041800898447. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Printing a New World
1 May — 19 Aug 2018
Ocean Liners: Speed and Style. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
Ocean Liners: Speed and Style
3 Feb — 17 Jun 2018
Diamond and pearl tiara previously owned by Lady Marguerite Allan and saved from the Lusitania, Cartier, 1909, France. Marian Gérard, Cartier Collection. © Cartier
Ocean Liners
3 Feb — 10 Jun 2018
Cabinet, 1625 – 1675, Colombia. Museum no. W.5-2015. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Furniture, room 133, level 6, Dr. Susan Weber Gallery
Lustrous Surfaces
14 Oct 2017 — 26 Apr 2018
Into the Woods. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
Into the Woods
18 Nov 2017 — 22 Apr 2018
Christopher Robin ceramic tea-set presented to Princess Elizabeth, hand-painted, Ashtead Pottery, 1928. © Royal Collection Trust
Winnie-the-Pooh
9 Dec 2017 — 8 Apr 2018
The Royall Oake of Brittayne, print, 1649, England. Museum no. E.217-2002. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Eclectic
11 Sep 2017 — 4 Mar 2018
Woman's Hour Craft Prize. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
Woman's Hour Craft Prize
7 Sep 2017 — 5 Feb 2018
The Search for a New Myth, Rachel Kneebone, 2015. © Rachel Kneebone. Photograph © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Rachel Kneebone
16 May 2017 — 14 Jan 2018
Henry Cole, Francis Fowke, Godfrey Sykes and John Liddell in front of the residences range, photograph possibly by Charles Thurston Thompson, about 1863. Museum no. E.1086-1989. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Designing the V&A
15 May — 31 Dec 2017
'Animals', album cover art, Roger Waters, 1977. © Pink Floyd Music Ltd
Pink Floyd
16 May — 1 Oct 2017
Destroying factories, orange migrants, Gluklya (Natalya Pershina-Yakimanskaya), 2012, Russia. Museum no. E.452-2015. © Natalya Pershina-Yakimanskaya
Another Russia
16 May — 15 Aug 2017
Europe Migration Crisis series, Sergey Ponomarev, 2015, Skala, Greece. © Sergey Ponomarev
Prix Pictet
11 — 28 May 2017
Lockwood Kipling, Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London. Courtesy of The Victoria and Albert Museum
Lockwood Kipling
14 Jan — 2 Apr 2017
Young Boy, Gondeville, Charente, France, 1951, Paul Strand © Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation
Paul Strand
19 Mar — 3 Jul 2016
Cast of A Chorus Line performing on stage at the Royal Opera House 2013. Photo by Jonathan Hordle. Rex Features
Curtain Up
9 Feb — 31 May 2016
Untitled (Stella) from The Library of Human Hard Copy, Jeremy Gardiner, 1984 (c) Jeremy Gardiner
Facing History: Contemporary Portraiture
27 Jul 2015 — 24 Apr 2016
‘Arcot II’ diamond 1760; modified 1959 and 2011, India, The Al Thani Collection © Servette Overseas Limited, 2014. Photograph: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd
Bejewelled Treasures
21 Nov 2015 — 28 Mar 2016 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
May Day, Julia Margaret Cameron, 1866 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Julia Margaret Cameron
28 Nov 2015 — 21 Feb 2016
High & Mighty shoot, American Vogue, February 1995 (model: Nadja Auermann) Dolce & Gabbana suit, 1995 © Estate of Helmut Newton / Maconochie Photography
Shoes: Pleasure and Pain
13 Jun 2015 — 31 Jan 2016 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Wall hanging (detail), cotton appliqué, Gujarat, 20th century © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Fabric of India
3 Oct 2015 — 10 Jan 2016 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Linnaeus Tripe, Amerapoora: Colossal Statue of Gautama Close to the North End of the Wooden Bridge, September 1 – October 21, 1855, © Collection of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Captain Linnaeus Tripe
24 Jun — 11 Oct 2015
Body 1, Re-materialisation of Systems, El Ultimo Grito, 2014 © Photos by POI
What is Luxury?
25 Apr — 27 Sep 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Alexander McQueen, Mask, Victoria and Albert Museum
Alexander McQueen. A cut above the rest
14 Mar — 2 Aug 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Rendering of Plaza at Vallabhsadan, Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project, Ahmedabad HCP Design and Project Management, 2014
All of This Belongs to You
1 Apr — 19 Jul 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Alexander McQueen Ready to Wear A/W 1998, Paul Vicente/ AFP/ Alexander McQueen RTW A/W 1998/ Getty Images
Alexander McQueen. Savage Beauty in London
14 Mar — 19 Jul 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Al Vandenberg, 'High Street Kensington' from the series 'On a Good Day' © The Estate of Al Vandenberg / Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Staying Power
16 Feb — 24 May 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Pale grey slashed chiffon wedding dress designed by Gareth Pugh and veil by Stephen Jones, 2011. Courtesy of Katie Shillingford. Photo © Amy Gwatkin
Wedding Dresses 1775-2014
3 May 2014 — 15 Mar 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Guerrilla Girls, Image © George Lange
Disobedient Objects
26 Jul 2014 — 1 Feb 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Vladimir Tatlin, Costume design for Life for the Tsar, 1913-1915, © A. A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum
Russian Avant-Garde Theatre
18 Oct 2014 — 25 Jan 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Hay Wain, John Constable, 1821, oil on canvas. © The National Gallery, London 2014
Constable: The Making of a Master
20 Sep 2014 — 11 Jan 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Horst, Muriel Maxwell, American Vogue cover, 1 July 1939, © Condé Nast / Horst Estate
Horst: Photographer of Style
6 Sep 2014 — 4 Jan 2015 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet, 1899, Published by Lafayette Ltd, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Shakespeare: Greatest Living Playwright
8 Feb — 21 Sep 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
M.F. Husain, Traditional Indian Festivals, 2008-2011. Courtesy of Usha Mittal © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
M.F. Husain. Master of Modern Indian Painting
28 May — 27 Jul 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Fashion show in Sala Bianca, 1955, Archivio Giorgini, 6 MB, Photo by G.M. Fadigati, © Giorgini Archive, Florence
The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014
5 Apr — 27 Jul 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
William Hogarth, An assembly at Wanstead House, Oil on canvas
William Kent. Designing Georgian Britain
22 Mar — 13 Jul 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Dice Kayek, Installation shot, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Jameel Prize 3
11 Dec 2013 — 21 Apr 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Xu Bing. Travelling to the Wonderland
2 Nov 2013 — 2 Mar 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Cloth, Summer Summit, Anita Corbin, 1985 © Anita Corbin
Club to Catwalk
10 Jul 2013 — 16 Feb 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700-1900
26 Oct 2013 — 19 Jan 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Geoffrey Rowlandson, Grand Jete, gold with diamonds and two cultured baroque pearls, London 1999, 116 KB, © Geoffrey Rowlandson
Pearls
21 Sep 2013 — 19 Jan 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Elmgreen & Dragset. Tomorrow
1 Oct 2013 — 2 Jan 2014 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
© Mario Wagner, 2013
Sky Arts Ignition. Memory Palace
18 Jun — 20 Oct 2013 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Ambulance, Le Gun. © Le Gun
Sky Arts Ignition. Memory Palace
18 Jun — 20 Oct 2013 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Album cover shoot for Aladdin Sane, 1973. Photograph by Brian Duffy © Duffy Archive
David Bowie is
23 Mar — 11 Aug 2013 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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